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HOT WATER PLANT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hot water plant mean?
• HOT WATER PLANT (noun)
The noun HOT WATER PLANT has 1 sense:
1. any plant of the genus Achimenes having showy bell-shaped flowers that resemble gloxinias
Familiarity information: HOT WATER PLANT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any plant of the genus Achimenes having showy bell-shaped flowers that resemble gloxinias
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
achimenes; hot water plant
Hypernyms ("hot water plant" is a kind of...):
flower (a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms)
Holonyms ("hot water plant" is a member of...):
genus Achimenes (genus of tropical perennial American herbs)
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